The St. Pete Times' David DeCamp (who is a font of info on the goings-on in Pinellas County on the paper's Bay Buzz blog) has sat down and done the research on claims made by District 52 Republican aspirant Jeff Brandes against his Democratic incumbent opponent, Bill Heller.
Everything in this race is relevant, with the vote expected to be close on Tuesday night in the Pinellas County district, one of the most fiercely battled in the state, with the Florida Republican Party hungry to recapture the seat that Heller has held the last four years.
DeCamp breaks down six different votes Heller has taken, one on a referendum in Pinellas, and five votes as a member of the House of Representatives, and ultimately surmises that, well, check it out for yourself:
This article appears in Oct 28 – Nov 3, 2010.